Remember, ORD is saddled with the terminal connection for inbound international connections, and also the UA operation that has most of the regional jets confined to a terminal that is worse than the third world.

Remember, ORD is saddled with the terminal connection for inbound international connections, and also the UA operation that has most of the regional jets confined to a terminal that is worse than the third world.

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I guess... Just everytime I return home to JFK my first thought is: What a dump! My last flight came in Delta Terminal 3 area D... Looked like it was designed to make third world travellers freel right at home....

I guess... Just everytime I return home to JFK my first thought is: What a dump! My last flight came in Delta Terminal 3 area D... Looked like it was designed to make third world travellers freel right at home....

I fly though ORD almost every flight I take on UA. (Sure beats PIA or MLI to DEN) on a puddle jumper for two hours)
But as much as I dislike ORD (#2 in my book) DEN is much worse. Have you ever, (and I know you have) gone from one end of the UA concourse, to the other) A good 35 minutes, easy. The flights to MLI and PIA are at the very far end of the UA concourse, and down stairs. Small, crowded, and smells. And don't even get me started on the weather in the winter there. You might not get a flight out until Spring.
DFW sucks too, but that's another story when I'm on AA. Yes, a nice regional again for two hours.
I tell ya, it ain't easy being in downstate Illinois.

35 mins end-end in DEN? How fast were you going? I've been flying out of DEN since it opened (live in Colorado), and it's never taken 35 minutes to go from the very end of the UX gates to the area by US/CO. Maybe 12-15 or less if walking at a decent pace and using the moving walkways..

Try it NOT using the walk ways. Just walk.
It's a nice, leisurely stroll when the place is socked in with snow, ice, and what ever else is blowing across the run way. Then going East from DEN isn't a picnic either

Well, my watch must run fast in that thin air, or I walk too long in one place.
I'll be arriving in DEN in December, in the 90s gates, so I'll get a new watch and time it again.
All that aside, it still the worse airport to me. (Just my humble opinion)

The problem with this survey in general is that it makes a statistical judgement based on flight delays, cancellations, etc., and takes very little account of subjective airport experience. I stand behind my complaints about LAX due to 1) terrible terminal layout 2) need to reclear security for many transfers 3) terrible public transportation options 4) terrible plug availability in non-lounges 5) terrible food options and prices, exacerbated by the separated terminals.

The problem with this survey in general is that it makes a statistical judgement based on flight delays, cancellations, etc., and takes very little account of subjective airport experience. I stand behind my complaints about LAX due to 1) terrible terminal layout 2) need to reclear security for many transfers 3) terrible public transportation options 4) terrible plug availability in non-lounges 5) terrible food options and prices, exacerbated by the separated terminals.

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LAX is not the worst airport in the country, that honor belongs to JFK. While there are some nice terminals (AA, 4, 5,1), there are also some that make third world countries look good (3,7,2). And except for the DL terminals, there is no sort of connection between terminals other than the airtrain.

LAX is not the worst airport in the country, that honor belongs to JFK. While there are some nice terminals (AA, 4, 5,1), there are also some that make third world countries look good (3,7,2). And except for the DL terminals, there is no sort of connection between terminals other than the airtrain.

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Good points. Now time for some tough trivia- which third world country has an airport like JFK or LAX???

How timely. I was in ORD yesterday, when all UA operations were delayed by high winds. I was looking forward to kvetching.

None of the 5 non-desk plugs in the whole of B were available. None of the desk plugs were available. Usually the same story for G, H, K, L. For non-elites, the lack of plugs and blaring CNN are awful. IAD has more plugs even for those of us flying Greyhound.

I get stupider every time CNN reaches my eyes or ears.

Oh, and the food selections are meh. LAX has better, even if its layout is positively Angeleno.

To be fair, I also once got a $500 bump for a flight one hour later because of problems at ORD. Keep on being unprepared for the Chicago weather!

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